Biology:Iberodes commutata
| Iberodes commutata | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Boraginales |
| Family: | Boraginaceae |
| Genus: | Iberodes |
| Species: | I. commutata
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| Binomial name | |
| Iberodes commutata (G.López) M.Serrano, R.Carbajal & S.Ortiz (2016)
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Iberodes commutata is a species of flowering plant in the family Boraginaceae. It is an annual endemic to Cádiz and Málaga provinces of southern Spain.[1] It has a conical receptacle.[2] This delicate white to pale violet plant grows exclusively on limestone soils in the mountainous regions of southern Spain. Initially mistaken for other similar species, it was only recognized as distinct in 1980, with its current scientific name being assigned in 2016 after taxonomic reclassification.
Description
Omphalodes commutata is an annual herbaceous plant that is predominantly Template:Plantgloss (hairless), except for tiny white glandular bumps and a few coarse hairs along the leaf margins. The stem grows erect—often with a slight zig-zag or Template:Plantgloss habit—and remains unbranched in its lower half, branching only from the middle or upper nodes. The basal leaves are Template:Plantgloss to spatulate-Template:Plantgloss (broadly spoon-shaped, tapering into a stalk) with blunt tips, whereas the upper leaves are Template:Plantgloss to narrowly ovate (egg-shaped to narrow egg-shaped) and have bases that partially clasp the stem (Template:Plantgloss).[3]
Flowers are borne in bractless Template:Plantgloss—unbranched clusters of flowers along a central axis—each on a spreading, almost hairless stalk (Template:Plantgloss) up to 1 cm long, with a few hairs near the tip. The Template:Plantgloss (the collective Template:Plantgloss) is covered in small wart-like projections or dense, appressed hairs and ends in five lance-shaped lobes fringed with hairs (Template:Plantgloss). The Template:Plantgloss (the collective petals) is white or pale violet and forms a tubular throat and lobes that extend well beyond the calyx. Fruiting results in two smooth, shiny Template:Plantgloss—hard, one-seeded units typical of the borage family (Boraginaceae)—which are oval, hairless, and feature an Template:Plantgloss margin that is only slightly incurved.[3]
Taxonomy
Specimens of this plant were long confused with the widespread Omphalodes pavoniana under the names Cynoglossum brassicifolium Lag. and Omphalodes amplexicaulis Lehm., later treated as Omphalodes brassicifolia (Lag.) Sweet and O. amplexicaulis auct. non Lehm. In his 1980 protologue, López González lectotypified both C. brassicifolium and O. amplexicaulis, demonstrating that material matching their descriptions actually belongs to O. pavoniana, and recognised the Andalusian limestone‐dwelling plants as a separate species, which he named Omphalodes commutata.[3]
The lectotype of Cynoglossum brassicifolium (now synonymised under O. pavoniana) is specimen MA 94698 at the Real Jardín Botánico de Madrid, and that of Omphalodes amplexicaulis is MEL 90926 at the National Herbarium of Victoria (Melbourne). The holotype of O. commutata is MA 210998, collected 30 April 1977 near Ronda (Málaga Province) by Fuertes, Ladero, López & Navarro.[3]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Iberodes commutata (G.López) M.Serrano, R.Carbajal & S.Ortiz. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 10 July 2024.
- ↑ James Cullen; Sabina G. Knees; H. Suzanne Cubey (2011). The European Garden Flora Flowering Plants: A Manual for the Identification of Plants Cultivated in Europe, Both Out-of-Doors and Under Glass. Cambridge University Press. p. 17. ISBN 978-0521761642.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 López González, Ginés (1980). "Omphalodes commutata sp. nov. (O. brassicifolia auct. non [Lag.] Sweet)" (in es). Anales del Jardín Botánico de Madrid 37 (1): 77–84.
Wikidata ☰ Q106892873 entry
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